[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 2.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 2.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.1) tad u ha sma āha kauṣītakiḥ / > Concerning that, Kauṣītaki used to say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.2) sāyam astamite purā tamasas tasmin kāle juhuyāt / > In the evening, when \[the sun\] has set, before the darkness \[falls\], at that time he should offer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.3) sa deva yānaḥ ketuḥ / (agnihotra) > That is the banner leading to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.4) tam eva ārabhya svasti svargaṃl lokam eti / > Taking hold of it, he goes safely to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.5) prātaḥ purodayād apahate tamasi tasmin kāle juhuyāt / (agnihotra) > In the morning, before sunrise, when the darkness has been driven away, at that time he should offer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.6) sa deva yānaḥ ketuḥ / > That is the banner leading to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.9) tam eva ārabhya svasti svargaṃl lokam eti / > Taking hold of it, he goes safely to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.8) atha yo ato anyathā agnihotram juhoti / (agnihotra) > Now, whoever offers the Agnihotra otherwise than this, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.9_2) śyāma śabalau ha asya agnihotram vikhidataḥ / > the dark and the speckled \[dogs\] tear away his Agnihotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.10) ahar vai śabalaḥ / > The day is the speckled, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.11) rātriḥ śyāmaḥ / (agnihotra) > the night is the dark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.12) sa yo mahā rātre juhoti / > He who offers in the deep night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.13) śyāmo ha asya agnihotram vikhidati / > the dark \[dog\] tears away his Agnihotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.14) atha yo mahā ahne juhoti / > And he who offers in broad daylight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.15) śabalo ha asya agnihotram vikhidati / (agnihotra) > the speckled \[dog\] tears away his Agnihotra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.16) tad vai khalu yadā eva kadācana juhuyāt / > However, whenever he may offer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [2.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9.17) huta samṛddhim eva upāsīta iti huta samṛddham eva upāsīta iti / (agnihotra) > he should attend only to the proper fulfilment of the offering—he should attend only to that which is properly offered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > the dark night. He who offers in the midnight,\[\*\] the dark rends apart his Agnihotra; he who offers in the afternoon, the dappled rends apart his Agnihotra. Therefore assuredly whenever he may offer he should have regard to the prosperity of the offering.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.2.p16) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.2.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.9) · Pramāṇa